fat cat

Example Sentences

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But the smooth Lamarzelle is presented as just enough of a calculating fat cat that we can’t help but root for Eve’s success.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022

But she’s practical; she’ll do what it takes to survive in a world of gross inequality, where Hades is an industrial fat cat and artists and workers are largely servile.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2022

But together with government documents, the picture they paint of Jones and Williams suggests a leadership that has at times aspired more to the role of fat cat than defender of workers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2019

“He’s eating pasta! By making light of that, we’re saying it’s not so bad — a fat cat is a happy cat.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

We watched as Cheddar hit the parking lot running, and in moments the fat cat had disappeared.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan